Dispose of Four Cases In Final Court Session
The Jackson circuit court ended its June term in Murphysboro with four cases disposed. Ira Dillon Thomason was taxed costs after his chancery suit against Robert and Luetta Litsey was dismissed for lacking proof the deed was a mortgage. Jeff Brewer’s jury trial was moved to September against H A Milligan over a claim of $125. The Pyramid Lumber Roofing bid for a lien on lot 143 at The Plant Place was carried to September. The Milton Oil Company suit against Francis Lavern Jones Sophie E James Mary Louise Wohlers and William James Wohlers was continued to July 10.
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Jackson
Murphysboro
Ira Dillon Thomason
Jefferson County
Loyd Bradley
Robert
Luetta Litsey
Union County
Jude Bradley
Thomason
Litseys
Jeff Brewer
H. A. Milligan
Brewer
Milligan
Pyramid Lumber Company
Jackson County
Everet
Evelyn Boykin
Milton Oil Company
Francis Lavern Jones
Sphie E. James
Mary Louise Wohlers
William James Wohrs
Lions Install New Officers at Murphysboro Club Meeting
Murphysboro Lions club installed new officers for the coming year at a regular meeting in the First Presbyterian church. W. Ray Hagler presided as retiring president Chester E. Eriksen presented the gavel to incoming president John T. Purcell Sr. Other officers included Walter King, C. T. Hafford, G. J. Nordmeyer, Rev. William Boatman, Delmar Ward, John A. Cross, Eli Doerr, John Blankinship, Theodore Borgsmiller, Orville Denny, and Victor Miller who received a past president pin. The club planned the annual Lions Chicken Fry at Riverside Park on July 11 and will then hold a six month meeting series at the First Lutheran church.
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Murphysboro
Lions Club
First Presbyterian Church
W. Ray Hagler
Chester Eriksen
John T. Purcell
Walter King
C. T. Hafford
G. J. Nordmeyer
Rev
William Boatman
Delmar Ward
John A. Cross
Eli Doerr
John Blankinship
Theodore Borgsmiller
Orville Denny
Victor Miller
Lions
Riverside Park
Jnly
First Lutheran
Crippled Shirley Ann DeWitt Tops Shriners Circus Night
Shirley Ann DeWitt, crippled granddaughter of Mr and Mrs DeWitt, rode in a Murphysboro Shriners circus night in a Murphysboro wheel chair. State Auditor Benjamin O Cooper met her. she plans to enter the Shriners hospital in East St Louis once a bed is ready.
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Shriners’ Circus
Carbondale
Shirley Ann DeWitt
Thomas DeWitt
North Eighth Street
Murphysboro
Ann
Greenville
South Carolina
Murphysboro Shriners’ Club
Shriners
Shriner
M. F. Harman
Harman
Benjamin O. Cooper
Southern Illinois Shriners’ Circus
East St. Louis
Daily Independent Murphysboro subscription rates and masthead
The Daily Independent Murphysboro lists publication details and pricing. It notes Havenings Except Sunday and Holidayve Established June 12 1891, Edward Lindsay as publisher, and subscription costs by mail and carrier. The notice states AP affiliation and mailing practices.
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Edward Lindsay
Murphysboro
Lillwoln
Old Glory Party in Murphysboro Began as Safe Fourth Celebration
In Murphysboro the 1925 tragedy at Logan's Park led to a citizen-led shift to a community-sponsored Fourth of July, the Old Glory Party. The event grew into Riverside Park celebrations with 30,000 plus crowds, a steering committee, WPA funding, and a final fireworks display at Amphitheatre Lawn.
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Bill Pigott
Murphysboro
Logan’s Park
Oscar Dennameir
Logan's Park
Twenty-second Street
Walnut South
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Gus
Otto Rathgeber
Hunter Price
Riverside Park
C. E. Lehman
Victor Miller
Willie Smith
Brazilian Rotarian Guest Challenges American Stereotypes
Armando Julio Bittencourt, a Brazilian fellow at Ohio State, told Murphysboro Rotary members that American movies and propaganda misrepresent Brazil. He described Brazil’s size, cities, coastal growth, and postwar reforms while noting past resource drain and industry losses. He urged international student exchanges to boost understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Rotary
Murphysboro
Rotary Club
Bittencourt
League to Quiz Candidates for State and National Posts
Jackson County League of Women Voters begins organizing teams to interview candidates for state and national offices. Results will appear in The Voter. Dr. Orville Alexander of Southern Illinois University, chair of local Hoover report supporters, notes 35 percent of Hoover recommendations have been carried out and warns the rest will be hardest to enact. Experts estimate tax savings of about $100 per U.S. family if adopted.
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Jackson County League of Women Voters
the Voter
Illinois League of Women Voters
Marshall Clark
Jackson County League
Carpendale
Orville Alexander
Hoover Commission
Alexander
Southern Illinois University
Dr. Alexander
U. S
Elkville Officials Honored by Railroad for Safe Rail Report
Mayor Don P. Hope and Night Policeman Charles Fowler of Elkville received an honor medal from Illinois Central for reporting a broken rail on April 27. The action prevented a hazardous condition as Trainmaster C. S. Scott of Carbondale presented the medal at a Lions Club meeting in Elkville.
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Don P. Hope
Charles Fowler
Elkville
Illinois Central Railroad
C. S. Scott
Carbondale
Lions Club
Population Figures Puzzle Murphysboro Clerk
Murphysboro faces a confusing population gap after a preliminary census. City Clerk Delmar Ward notes a 1948 1949 rise of about 608 from births and deaths within the city, with 1949 totals showing 456 births and 180 deaths.
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Murphysboro
Delmar Ward
Ward
Sportsmen To Organize Tonight In Murphysboro
Murphysboro Sportsmen's club members plan a 7 30 p m meeting at city hall to revive the inactive group. In earlier years the club sponsored dog shows trials shooting and casting events including a Riverside Park dog show and trap shoot in August 1947 and backed Lake Murphysboro a half million dollar project nearing completion.
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Murphysboro
Prizes Planned At Benefit Show For Disabled Children
Murphysboro high school auditorium to host a Friday 8 p m benefit show to aid spastic and crippled children. Prizes planned for oldest mother youngest daughter and funniest hats as proceeds fund a hydrotherapy tank costing 850 dollars. Rev Lester J Merrit and Louis P Schmulbach oversee event with Lastour Corp aiding ticket sales.
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Murphysboro Township
Murphysboro
Hollywood
Lester J. Merrit
Waggoner Memorial
St. Louis
Louis P. Schmulbach
St. Louis Shriner
North Eighth Street
Lastour Corporation
Greater Egypt Group Directors Plan Picnic
Directors and members of the Greater Egypt Association and their families will enjoy a potluck dinner at Cave-in-Rock on the Ohio river Thursday at 7 p m. Association President Walter Whitehead announced the event and said the group will supply meats while attendees bring food baskets. Secretary Gene Comte described the meeting as the first to spotlight area scenic spots the group plans to develop for conservation recreation and land and timber use. The route from Murphysboro to the Ohio river spot is via Anna and Vienna.
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Greater Egypt Association
Cave-in- Rock
Ohio River
Walter Whitehead
Whitehead
Gene Comte
Murphysboro
Anna
Vienna
Deadline Passes No Corn In PMA Bins In Jackson County
One hundred PMA grain bins built this spring in Jackson county stand empty after Mondays deadline for corn deliveries. Farmers chose higher open market prices over PMA support, with 40 bins at Jacob 40 at Jones Ridge and 20 at De Soto costing 15400 dollars and totaling 325000 bushels capacity. PMA expected over 300000 bushels but market prices drew farmers away.
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Production and Marketing Administration
Jackson County
PMA
Jacob
Jones Ridge
de Soto
SIU Grads Win Teaching Posts
Joseph Lud Hanson of Murphysboro and Mary Stevens of Murphysboro have accepted teaching posts. Hanson, with a College of Education degree in business administration, will teach at Pinckneyville High School. Stevens, with a degree in physical education, will teach at LaSalle-Peru High School and Junior College.
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Joseph Lud Hanson
Ed Hanson
Murphysboro
Mary Stevens
E. E. Stevens
Roye Bryant
Southern Illinois University Placement Service
Hanson
College of Education
Pinckneyville
Miss Stevens
LaSalle-Peru
Hospital Notes Admissions and Dismissals
Admissions list includes Mrs. Caroline Conley at 1802 Elm Street with maternity care and Mrs. Lillian Borgsmiller at 2119 Elm Street also maternity. Miss Ethel Miller at 2126 Wall Street undergoes surgical care. Mrs. Verna Cripps admitted for maternity at 433 North Seventh Street. Dismissals include Mrs. Jewell Bonds from route 4 Murphysboro and James Bryan from route 2 Murphys.
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Caroline Conley
Elm Street
Lillian Borgsmiller
Ethel Miller
Wall Street
Verna Cripps
North Seventh Street
Jewell Bonds
Murphysboro
James Bryan
Where Jackson County Tax Dollars Go In 1950 Analysis
County Clerk Boyd Thorp outlines 1950 tax distribution totaling 1 520884 57 with schools receiving about 1 053140 41 of the bill and township, city, and county operations sharing the rest. The article notes strong payments, deadlines, and the breakdown by land, lots, personal property, railroads, and utilities.
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Jackson County
Boyd Thorp
Ruffin Mitchell
Thorp
Pop Bottle Blast Shatters Jar and Dishes in Sink
Charles Heller of Steeleville feared atomic blasts but faced a harmless bottle that exploded in his kitchen. A bottled top blew off while he opened the refrigerator, breaking a pickle jar and several glass items, with shards reaching the sink. He escaped with a single stitched cut on a finger.
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Charles Heller
Steeleville
Heller
Local reaction splits on Korea crisis and war fears
Residents along Walnut street react to the Korea crisis with mixed views of war and diplomacy. Opinions range from urging decisive action against Stalin to delaying involvement and hoping for restraint as the global tension grows.
Menard Homestead Open For Tours Near Ches ter Illinois
The Pierre Menard homestead near Fort Kaskaskia State Park north of Chester hosts original furnishings and a rear Slave house, with a fort site and Garrison Hill Cemetery nearby. Visitors can view earthen fort ramparts and trace the 1778 Clark expedition history in southern Illinois.
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Pierre Menard
Illinois
Fort Kaskaskia State Park
Chester
George Rogers Clark
Kentucky
Fort Kaskaskia
Kaskaskia
Clark
Murphysboro Centennial Committee Gains State Charter
Temporary directors meet at 7 p m in Famous Shoe Store to adopt by laws and set a date for electing permanent officers. The not for profit Murphysboro Centennial Committee received incorporation papers from the Secretary of State and will organize for a city pageant and festivities September 26 29.
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Murphysboro Centennial Committee, Inc
Centennial Committee
Secretary of State
Springfield
Omer Jones, Jr
Murphysboro
Gilbert E. Ebersohl
J. Russell Vaughn
Charles A. McKree
Fiveman
Crporation
William Allen Rites Thursday
Final rites for William Kieth Allen 19 former Murphysboro Grand Tower resident killed in a Blue Springs Nebraska automobile crash will be at Alto Pass cemetery at 2 30 p m with Grand Tower American Legion posts in control of military services. The youth's body was due in Murphysboro at noon. He leaves parents two sisters a brother a grandmother and grandfather.
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William Kieth Allen
Murphysboro
Grand Tower
Blue Springs
Neb
Alto Pass
American Legion
Crawshaw Funeral Home
Young Atlen
Central Illinois Public Service Company
U. S. Naval Reserve
Baltimore
Jeannine
Nebraska
Robert Allen
Pamela Sue
Buddy
D. A. Allen
Bill Dell Keith
Illinois Electric and Gas opens new office on Walnut
The Illinois Electric and Gas Company announces the grand opening of a sales and collection office at 1341 Walnut street on July 1, moving from 1015 Chestnut street. The redecorated site will offer gifts, free roses to ladies, balloons to children, and handle appliance sales plus gas and electric service collections in Murphysboro and meter changes.
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Illinois Electric and Gas Company Today
Walnut Street
Chestnut Street
Walnut
Murphysboro
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Riverside Park Band Shell
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Joe Williams
Old Glory Party
Brothers
Riverside
The
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Mid-West
Brazil
Armando Julio Bittencourt
Ponta Grossa
Parana
Ohio State University
Europe
Incies
Greater Egypt Group
SIU Grads
County Health Department
Murdale
Tal
Korea
Joe Stalin
Moscow
Southern
Berlin
Russia
Washington
Menard Homestead
Rison Hill
Menard
Kaskaskia River
William Allen
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